If answer specifically the question.

We paid rm248 and much expansive comparing in term of "how many maggie mee we can buy" to US.

So Blizz / IAHGames will make sure they do their best to fix the battlenet issue. Partially of the problems that uccurs for lag and so on, 1 thing is TMnut, so even if u connect to US (U can with SEA version in less than 60days from launch), ur TMnut making an ass of u, still u wont be able to enjoy.

For other country in same region, they got stricter rules on piracy, and their ISP is capping and routing in some way we dont know and is causing problem. So Blizz Official do also mention they are cooperating with locals ISP in SEA region. What a good thing they doing i MUST SAY. I work in an ISP environment so I know they are really making a good move and showing big commitment. Give them a breather la, 1st time putting an SEA regional server leh as i remember.

As for population is low, think about it, most of us hardcore 1 already pre-ordered long ago. Then some of us already start player few hours before officially Live announcement, then it launched on Monday night for god's sake. How many of normal gamer who didnt dare to pre-order had already gotten it? Most of the pre-ordered players also gotten theirs 1~3 days later by COD or mail Delivery.

Think about it... the "OMG is so few people playing." @_@ most of normal gamers only gotten their this weekend as in today or tomorrow. Also, please la, most of us sure is play the campaign 1st only play the Quick match ma. Plus, those who gotten earlier mostly pros already Skipped the practice league. While the rest of us still campaigning and custom gaming to avoid being PWN kau kau in quick matches.

So... how do you think there is a quick match in less than 1 minute (Officially estimated)? In around 3 minute i guess is pretty common. Plus, they complain about low population around 3rd days into the game, WTF.

Get the SEA version, u will have local support and supporting the local community scene. US 1 u can access later on also in less than 60days from launch, why not? Value fro money that u can play 2 places. Especially when if SG server is down, u can connect to US server. NOTE, US version cannot connect to SEA.